http://world.time.com/2013/03/26/in-syr ... hemselves/
Right then, it appears fighting had begun between the secular Farouq brigade and the ultra-conservative Jabhat al-Nusra. Personally I hope Farouq survives to see the an of Assad and takes control rather than their opponents.
Have an extract form the article for your convenience :
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The day started like a regular Sunday for Mohammad al-Daher, better known as Abu Azzam, the commander of the rebel Farouq Brigades in the vast swath of eastern Syria called the Jazira, a region that stretches from the Turkish border to the Iraqi frontier and encompasses the three provinces of Raqqa, Hasaka and Deir ez-Zor. He had a series of meetings in the morning in a number of locations in the bustling town of Tal Abyad on Syria’s border with Turkey as well as in the partially destroyed former police station that is the Farouq’s headquarters. And he was going to visit his mother.
By late afternoon, however, the burly 34-year-old Raqqa native would be lying in a hospital bed — wounded by members of the ultraconservative Islamist group Jabhat al-Nusra (which the U.S considers a terrorist organization with links to al-Qaeda). Abu Azzam’s targeting has blown open a sharp rift and long-brewing conflict between the more secular nationwide Farouq brigades and the Jabhat. The two groups are among the most effective, best organized and most well-known of the many military outfits aligned against Syrian President Bashar Assad — and the fight between them is just beginning.
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So what is your view people of NationStates? Do you wish for Farouq to take control, do you believe they are capable. Do you believe Jabhat al-Nusra would be capable or do you simple support Assad against them all.
Most importantly what kind of government do you believe will exist after the war is over? I personally find democracy unlikely but it could still happen, though I am hoping for a secular dictatorship since I doubt anything else could stabilize the nation and stopping it going the Egypt route. Then again I am biased towards autocracies as I support the Meritocratic variety.
So tell me your views.
